Artists

To place an Artist Spotlight contact Jerome Butera, 608/634-6253 or [email protected]

Gregory Peterson

Gregory Peterson is Professor of Music and College Organist Emeritus at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, where he taught applied organ, church music, and January Term courses abroad including France, Namibia, and South Africa. He also served as Cantor to the Luther Student Congregation, and was the conductor of Luther Ringers, which he founded. From 2011–2017 he was Head of the Music Department.

Paul Cienniwa

Cited by the Huffington Post for his “inner sense of creative flow, fueled by an abundance of musical imagination and desire,” harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa has an active career as a soloist, ensemble player, recording artist, and teacher. He strives to bring the harpsichord to new audiences by creating a spiritual communion through focused interpretations intensified by memorized repertoire.

Carolyn Shuster Fournier

A French-American organist and musicologist, Carolyn Shuster Fournier, born in Columbia, Missouri, studied the piano and the violin before specializing in the organ at the age of thirteen under the direction of Dr. Gary Zwicky in Charleston, Illinois.